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His best position is winger. He is not a fullback, he is doing it out of necessity. I doubt we would have seen the brain explosions we did this weekend if he wasn't 100% gassed and playing out of position. If he wants to go around next year I think we should do it if the price is right. Is anyone he...

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Geez he turned down Penrith. That would have been VERY tempting.

I thought it would have been the Bulldogs and Tigers.

What a legend. He has all the ability in the world to be one of the best props in the game one day. I hope he fulfills it.

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Be interesting to see if Papa and Taps have any troubles this week. Taps should be OK.

Mooney is ready for a starting spot IMO.

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Reckon he might get a start in the coming weeks, I reckon Papa and maybe Taps in trouble for that shoulder. He was fantastic.

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Wanted to give him a wrap as I feel like he hasn't gotten much credit. He's playing in a position he's never played before, he was mainly a fullback previously. He's super composed and has a much better kicking game on him than I thought. Very quick too, and been very solid defensively. I think he w...

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3 - Strange
1 - Weekes
1 - Whitehead
1 - Savage

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Whitehead has been brilliant defensively on Kikau. Kikau has been the form forward of the comp this year.

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I forgot how good of a 40/20 kicker he was.

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At least the club recognises its an area of need. Hopefully one of them makes it. I miss prime Hodgo.

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Xavier Cacciotti is an Australian Schoolboys and GE rates him as the best young hooker we have had in a long, long time. I haven't seen him play bur trust the captain.

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Little bit of an Easter Egg in that press conference, did anyone else catch it? "We have changed our recruitment strategy focusing on young players bringing them in earlier so they don't want to leave ... we've got another couple of young boys that we've signed and we will announce those in the...

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The fullback spot will be really interesting. Based on Sticky's comments Rapa will definitely be ready, but I thought based on his comments on resting Chevy that he was fully intending to bring him back as fullback, but with Cotric being outstanding last night, it leaves a real headache. 1. Chevy 2...

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The fullback spot will be really interesting. Based on Sticky's comments Rapa will definitely be ready, but I thought based on his comments on resting Chevy that he was fully intending to bring him back as fullback, but with Cotric being outstanding last night, it leaves a real headache. 1. Chevy 2....

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3 - Whitehead
2 - Weekes
1 - Cotric

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Oh no Papa

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Say what you will about him but that's a captains play.

Top shelf flick pass.

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OK the resting of Chevy makes sense then.

I would've bet my house on Levi being dropped for Woolford, but here we are.

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I hope he kills it and gains valuable experience. Interesting conversation to have next year if he absolutely brains it the next few months with us still having Fog for the next 2 years. I can see the Ricky hate next year when he leaves Sanders in NSW Cup for most of the year (although to be fair Fo...

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We’ve got the most promising junior hooker in the country on contract. Who's that? Xavier Cacciotti was the Australian Schoolboys hooker last year. And he’s not the only very good junior hooker on the books. I can’t remember a better crop of dummy halves coming through the club. If the Raiders cann...

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Credit to Chevy, he didn't keep trying.

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Well, given Fog is out for at least a couple of months, it's time to get Sanders for this year. Not expecting him to be the saviour, but this is the year to give him, Strange and Stewart experience. We are realistically not going to go anywhere this year, so better to suffer the growing pains this y...

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I don't think everyone is realising how POTENTIALLY successful this new era could be. Imagine locking Strange, Chevy and Sanders up long-term. They are arguably 3 of the highest rated prospects in the game, seemingly all very good mates, and in key spine positions that could win us lots of games. Ho...

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Look, you can't keep them all, maybe we realised that we had to drop Schiller to spare some extra cash for Mooney.

He's been great no doubt, but wingers are a dime a dozen. Asomua is coming through and you still have Hoppa and Cotric. Plus Jed Stuart has been pretty bloody good in NSW Cup.

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Mariota has been impressive on the edge, I didn't realise he was so versatile, he really is a mini Papa.

Agree that Mariota to start and Sisagi on the bench for Hosking.

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Do you blokes really think we will win every game by 30? Even when Penrith was the most dominant team in the comp, teams would "get up" for it and they'd barely eke out a win sometimes, especially against some of the bottom teams. The Titans were winless which means if you think about it t...

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2 - Papa
2 - Fog
1 - Taps
1 - Chevy

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Chevy saved the game there, that tackle was under the posts.

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:( We have been nowhere near as bad as everyone is carrying on. A few poor sets in attack but the Titans have scrambled well and slowed the ruck down/been offside no end. With high completions and persistence, you wear sides down, even when you aren't at 100%. Good teams win these games and move on....

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No matter what happens, maybe I'm downplaying what is happening and Im a bit delusional.. yes our attack is clunky, but I reckon the Titans would beat most teams tonight, they're very tough defensively. It's one of those games where they are up for it and I reckon a lot of other teams would struggle.

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Why do we persist with this negative penalty goal taking.

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The take was fantastic, but in one off season I can't believe how much Fog's kicking game has improved.

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1-17. Let's gooooo.

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Azza wrote: ↑April 14, 2024, 4:54 pm
The Nickman wrote: ↑April 14, 2024, 4:49 pm
Azza wrote:For Christ sake can one of the greenhouse geniuses confirm whether Ethan weeks is playing?
I think he’s expected to sign with us tomorrow.
I thought that was Herbert Sanders

Wrong, that's Colonel McCrone.

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Could be that he's under a cloud and Sticky will give him warm-ups to prove his fitness and they're pulling Weekes out of caution. Either way we will find out at 5:15pm.

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greeneyed wrote: ↑April 11, 2024, 7:11 pmThe Raiders have also opened talks with Nick Cotric.

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